[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] net/nfp: add NFP CPP support

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Tue Apr 3 14:54:15 CEST 2018


On 4/3/2018 12:09 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/31/2018 6:04 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com
>> <mailto:ferruh.yigit at intel.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 3/23/2018 5:35 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>>     > CPP refers to the internal NFP Command Push Pull bus. This patch allows
>>     > to create CPP commands from user space allowing to access any single
>>     > part of the chip.
>>     >
>>     > This CPP interface is the base for having other functionalities like
>>     > mutexes when accessing specific chip components, chip resources management,
>>     > firmware upload or using the NSP, an embedded arm processor which can
>>     > perform tasks on demand.
>>     >
>>     > NSP was the previous only way for doing things in the chip by the PMD,
>>     > where a NSPU interface was used for commands like firmware upload or
>>     > port link configuration. CPP interface supersedes NSPU, but it is still
>>     > possible to use NSP through CPP.
>>     >
>>     > CPP interface adds a great flexibility for doing things like extended
>>     > stats, firmware debugging or selecting properly the firmware file to
>>     > upload.
>>
>>     It can be good to announce this new feature in release notes, what do you think?
>>
>>
>> Uhmm, not sure about this. It is specific to the NFP PMD and I do not see it as
>> a new feature, at least DPDK users will not be aware of it.
> 
> OK, if this internal and you think user won't be interested in this update.
> 
>>
>>  
>>
>>     Also get some build errors [1], one is about zlib.h, normally we disable PMDs by
>>     default with external dependencies, is nfp depends to libz with this patch?
>>
>>
>> I forgot to remove this reference. It is not needed now, but it was with the
>> initial internal work.
>>
>> About the other build errors, I do not get them and I have used a couple of
>> different systems, Ubuntu and Redhat. This is, of course, a serious concern. Can
>> you give me more information about the system you are using?  
>>
>> I remember I got some build error with other patches, from automatic builds made
>> just after those patches were sent. I did not get any this time, just those
>> warning for checkpatch which I was aware of. Is this automatic build not
>> happening any more?
> 
> I will share more details. Automatic build still works and it has wider
> coverage, this is from my local script...

[1] seems valid and for all.

[2] #include <zlib.h> seems for all.

[3] clang


[1]
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c: In function ‘nfp_cpp_area_readl’:
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c:459:9: error: ‘tmp’ may be used
uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
  *value = rte_le_to_cpu_32(tmp);
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c: In function ‘nfp_cpp_area_readq’:
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c:483:9: error: ‘tmp’ may be used
uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
  *value = rte_le_to_cpu_64(tmp);

[2]
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_resource.c:34:10: fatal error: zlib.h: No
such file or directory
 #include <zlib.h>
          ^~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[7]: *** [...dpdk/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:116: nfp_resource.o] Error 1
make[7]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_hwinfo.c:47:10: fatal error: zlib.h: No such
file or directory
 #include <zlib.h>
          ^~~~~~~~

[3]
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_mutex.c:295:28: error: format specifies type
'short' but the argument has type 'unsigned int' [-Werror,-Wformat]
                        printf("\tusage:%hd\n", mutex->usage);
                                        ~~~     ^~~~~~~~~~~~
                                        %u
1 error generated.
make[7]: *** [...dpdk/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:114: nfp_mutex.o] Error 1
make[7]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c:819:1: error: unused function
'__nfp_bytemask_of' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
__nfp_bytemask_of(int width, uint64_t addr)
^
1 error generated.
make[7]: *** [...dpdk/mk/internal/rte.compile-pre.mk:114: nfp_cppcore.o] Error 1
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c:2970:35: error: format specifies type
'unsigned char' but the argument has type 'uint32_t' (aka 'unsigned int')
[-Werror,-Wformat]
                cpp->serial[4], cpp->serial[5], cpp->interface >> 8,
                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c:2971:3: error: format specifies type 'unsigned
char' but the argument has type 'unsigned int' [-Werror,-Wformat]
                cpp->interface & 0xff);
                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 errors generated.

> 
>>
>>
>>
>>     [1]
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_mutex.c:295:28: error: format specifies type
>>     'short' but the argument has type 'unsigned int' [-Werror,-Wformat]
>>                             printf("\tusage:%hd\n", mutex->usage);
>>
>>                                             ~~~     ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>
>>                                             %u
>>
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c:819:1: error: unused function
>>     '__nfp_bytemask_of' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
>>     __nfp_bytemask_of(int width, uint64_t addr)
>>
>>
>>     ^
>>
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c:2971:35: error: format specifies type
>>     'unsigned char' but the argument has type 'uint32_t' (aka 'unsigned int')
>>     [-Werror,-Wformat]
>>                     cpp->serial[4], cpp->serial[5], cpp->interface >> 8,
>>
>>
>>                                                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c:2972:3: error: format specifies type 'unsigned
>>     char' but the argument has type 'unsigned int' [-Werror,-Wformat]
>>                     cpp->interface & 0xff);
>>                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c: In function ‘nfp_cpp_area_readl’:
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c:459:9: error: ‘tmp’ may be used
>>     uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>>       *value = rte_le_to_cpu_32(tmp);
>>
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c: In function ‘nfp_cpp_area_readq’:
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cppcore.c:483:9: error: ‘tmp’ may be used
>>     uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
>>       *value = rte_le_to_cpu_64(tmp);
>>
>>     ...dpdk/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_resource.c:34:10: fatal error: zlib.h: No
>>     such file or directory
>>      #include <zlib.h>
>>               ^~~~~~~~
>>
>>     >
>>     > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero at netronome.com
>>     <mailto:alejandro.lucero at netronome.com>>
>>
>>     <...>
>>
>>     > diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp-common/nfp_cppat.h
>>     b/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp-common/nfp_cppat.h
>>     > new file mode 100644
>>     > index 0000000..fbeec57
>>     > --- /dev/null
>>     > +++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp-common/nfp_cppat.h
>>     > @@ -0,0 +1,748 @@
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>>
>>     Can you please add new files with SPDX tags?
>>
>>
> 



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